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C Uotani

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PubMed1988

Changes in levels of t-PA and alpha 2PI-plasmin complex in plasma in patients with DIC.

Levels of alpha 2PI-plasmin complex and tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in plasma were determined in 10 cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with marked coagulopathy and in 10 cases of hematological malignancies with DIC to investigate relevance to fibrinolysis. In the both groups, levels of alpha 2PI-plasmin complex increased and were inversely proportional to levels of fibrinogen and alpha 2PI. Levels of t-PA in plasma increased moderately in the majority of the both groups. Serial observation of the concentrations of t-PA with corresponding changes in the levels of fibrinogen, alpha 2PI, alpha 2PI-plasmin complex and FDP could not demonstrate any significant relationship between levels of t-PA and the other parameters. From these results, it is unlikely that levels of t-PA in plasma directly influence on the degree of consumption of alpha 2PI or of formation of alpha 2PI-plasmin complex in most cases of DIC.

Anticoagulants↗
PubMed1988

Bacillus cereus bacteremia in an adult with acute leukemia.

Bacillus cereus, which used to be considered non-pathogenic, was isolated from the blood of a patient with acute leukemia who was receiving intensive chemotherapy. Fatal bacteremia developed with a clinical syndrome of acute gastroenteritis, followed by both meningoencephalitis with subarachnoid hemorrhage and multiple liver abscesses probably caused by infective vasculitis. Surveillance stool cultures revealed colonization with the organism prior to the onset of diarrhea, and repetitive blood cultures were found to be positive. Thus, this case suggested some new important clinicopathologic features of true B. cereus bacteremia complicating acute leukemia.

Acute Disease↗